Improved washing-machine



I nitell gieten gaat entre Letters Patent No. 95,989, dated October19,1869..

mpnovnn WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to inxhele Lettera Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN W. CORD, of PleasantHill,in the county of Montgomery, and State of Indiana, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines ;v and I do herebydeclare that the Ifollowing is a clear, full, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine, with my improvementattached.

Figure 2 is a'longitudinal sectional view.

Figure 2'is a view ofthe rocker.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of thegures.

Thenature of my invention consists in constructing a washing-machinewithan inner and outer bottom-oi` zinc, or other suitable material, theinner one being perforated.. In the intermediate space are placed slatsin a horizontal position. Supported by uprights, placed on each side ofthe machine, is a rocker, the weight of which may be increased orreduced at pleasure by means of cross-pieces placed in the bottom of therocker. This rocker is employed for the purpose of compressingthegarments against the head, placed in' one end of the machine, thusforcing the water through them in such a manner as to remove all thedirt By the use of a machine, thus constructed, they will he clothes,but pass into the chamber between the two bottoms.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improvement, Iwill 'proceed to describe its con- I- struction and operation, as Ihavecarried it out.

.A B represent the frame of the washing-machine;

C, the outer bottom; and

D, the inner perforated bottom.

a a are strips extendingacross the machine, and in the chamber betweenthe two bottoms, for the purpose of preventing the agitation of thewater in that chamber during the operation of washing.

E F are standards, placed on each side of the machine, for the purposeof supporting the rocker G.

The construction of this rocker is such that its weight may beincreased'or diminishedl at pleasure, by means of the wooden bars b b,secured in the frame by means of the screws o c.

I I are the head-blocks, with an intermediate space for the purpose ofallowing the water to pass through from the clothes and into the chamberbetween the bottoms.

mis a guard, liung'on hingesv for the purpose of preventing the waterfrom splashing over.

n is a corrugated zinc board, placed in one end of the machine, to beused as an ordinary-wash-board in removing any dirt which may happen toremain after the clothes have been passed through the machine. t

L is a button to hold the rocker back whilethe clothes are being placedin or being removed.

M is a spout for draw-ing oli' the water.

The operations of the machine are as follows:

' A suilicient quantity of clothes is placed in the mach'iue, and thenpressed forward by the rocker against the head I I.

'lhe water driven through the clothes passes down into the space betweenthe two bottoms, where the dirt settles at the bottom, and the water,being prevented from agitation byrthe strips aa, again returns, in amanner clear and clean, through the perforated inner bottom D.

W'hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The rocker G, with its bars b l1 and screws c c, in combination with thebottoms O and D, and the headblock I I, all arranged and operated as andfor the v

